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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000 |
commit | d6583bb2a13f329cf0332ef2570eb8bb8fc0e39c (patch) | |
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.sparc/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.sparc/MAKEDEV.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ce53bd59fe4 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man8/man8.sparc/MAKEDEV.8 @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)MAKEDEV.8 5.2 (Berkeley) 3/22/91 +.\" $Id: MAKEDEV.8,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:44:40 deraadt Exp $ +.\" +.Dd Feburary 21, 1994 +.Dt MAKEDEV 8 sparc +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm MAKEDEV +.Nd create system and device special files +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm MAKEDEV +.Ar name +.Op Ar ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The shell script +.Nm MAKEDEV , +found in the +.Pa /dev +directory, is used to create +the common special +files. +See +.Xr special 8 +for a more complete discussion of special files. +.Pp +.Nm MAKEDEV +takes any number of device names as arguments, +where the names are the common abbreviation for +the device. There are three special device names, +.Ar all , +.Ar std +and +.Ar local . +If +given, +.Ar all +creates device files for all devices on +the Sparc. If units are expected for a device +.Nm MAKEDEV +supplies the standard numbers. +The +.Ar std +argument creates the standard devices for the Sparc. +Finally +.Ar local +is for devices specific to the local site, and +executes the shell file +.Pa MAKEDEV.local . +.Pp +The Sparc supports the following devices. +Where a device name is followed by a hash +sign ("#"), the hash sign must be replaced +by a unit number. +.Pp +.Sy Pseudo\-names +.Bl -tag -width indent -compact +.It Ar all +All known devices for the Sparc. +.It Ar std +The standard devices (console, drum, fd/*, klog, kmem, mem, null, +stderr, stdin, stdout, tty, zero) +.It Ar local +Configuration specific devices +.El +.Pp +.Sy Device\-names +.Bl -tag -width indent -compact +.It Ar bpf# +Berkeley packet filters +.It Ar bwtwo# +Black and white frame buffers +.It Ar cd# +SCSI CD-ROM drives +.It Ar cgthree# +Colour frame buffers +.It Ar cgsix# +Accelerated Colour frame buffers +.It Ar kbd +The keyboard +.It Ar lkm +Loadable kernel modules. +.It Ar mouse# +Mouse ports +.It Ar pty# +Set of 16 master and slave pseudo terminals +.It Ar sd# +SCSI disk drives +.It Ar st# +SCSI tape drives +.It Ar tty# +Onboard Serial ports +.It Ar vnd# +"File" pseudo-disks +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev -compact +.It Pa /dev +The special file directory. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mknod 1 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr config 8 , +.Xr special 8 |